A Deland couple was forced to call Animal Services officers after they said they were held hostage in their own home by their overly-agitated pet cat.

A Deland couple was forced to call Animal Services officers after they said they were held hostage in their own home by their overly-agitated pet cat.

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Updated: 5:09 PM EDT Jul 7, 2014

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WEBVTT A VOLUSIA COUNTY COUPLE SAYS THEIR CAT HELD THEM HOSTAGE IN THEIR OWN HOME AND THEY'VE GOT THE BATTLE SCARS TO PROVE IT. THE HUSBAND AND WIFE SAY THE FAMILY CAT REPEATEDLY ATTACKED THEM AND THEN WENT AFTER A RESPONDING ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. WESH 2'S CLAIRE METZ JOINING US LIVE FROM THE CITY OF DELAND. AND, CLAIRE, THIS IS A FIRST. THE OFFICER FINALLY DID MANAGE TO CAPTURE THIS ROGUE KITTY. YOU BET. BUT EVEN THE OFFICERS FROM ANIMAL CONTROL SAY THIS ONE IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS. YOU KNOW THEY DEAL WITH AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS ALL THE TIME. BUT RARELY DO THEY HAVE TO RESCUE THE PET'S OWNERS FROM THE PET THEMSELVES. BUT, IN THIS CASE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND NOW A CAT IS QUARANTINED. THE COUPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS VICTORIA HILLS DRIVE HOME TRIED THEMSELVES TO SUBDUE A CAT GONE CRAZY. A RUSSIAN BLUE FELINE THEY'VE HAD FOR FOUR YEARS. BUT LOOK AT SOME OF THE INJURIES. ARMS AND LEGS BADLY SCRATCHED. THEY HAD THE CAT CUSH LOCKED IN THE BATHROOM HOPING SHE WOULD CALM DOWN. DIDN'T HAPPEN. POLICE FIRST GOT A CALL FROM THE VICTIM'S SON IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. HER CAT HAS GONE CRAZY AND ATTACKED HER MULTIPLE TIMES. ATTACKED HER THEN IT'S GOT MY STEP DAD MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VICTIMS IN THEIR BEDROOM WITH THE DOOR CLOSED CALLED. THE CAT WAS OUT OF THE BATHROOM. NOW SHE IS IN MY LIVING ROOM AND I CAN'T GET OUT. SHE'S GOT US TRAPPED IN OUR BEDROOM. WE'RE RIPPED UP. POURING BLOOD. SHE RIPPED US UP. DO YOU NEED AN AMBULANCE. SHE'S NEVER BEEN LIKE THIS. SHE IS JUST SITTING OUTSIDE OUR BEDROOM DOOR. A CITY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER RESPONDED AND SPOKE TO THE COUPLE THROUGH A SLIDING GLASS DOOR. GOT A LOOK AT THE MULTIPLE INJURIES THE TWO HAD SUFFERED. YOU COULD HEAR THE VICTIMS SPEAKING TO THE OFFICER THROUGH THE DOOR. WE'RE TRAPPED! [ LAUGHTER ] SHE KEEPS LOOKING AT YOU. SHE IS HISSING AT YOU? THE OFFICER TOLD ME THE CAT NOT ONLY HISSED BUT TRIED ATTACK HER SEVERAL TIMES. ONCE IN THE HOUSE. SHE FINALLY HERDED THE ANIMAL INTO A LAUNDRY ROOM AND USED A CATCH POLE CAPTURE THE CAT IN CAGES. THE CAT IS NOW UNDER CITY QUARANTINE FOR TEN DAYS BECAUSE IT WAS UP TO DATE ON ITS SHOTS. AS FAR AS THE COUPLE THEY REFUSED TREATMENT. THEY DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL TAKE THEIR CAT CUSH HOME ONCE

Deland couple 'held hostage' in their home by crazed pet cat

A Deland couple was forced to call Animal Services officers after they said they were held hostage in their own home by their overly-agitated pet cat.